Jungle Cruise Possibly Revamped?

[Quacky4Donald]

With the news that a movie based on the Jungle Cruise is in the works do you guys think that Disneyland may go back in and revamp the ride like they did with POTC? Of course this all depends on how well the movie does, but just wanted to get everybody's thoughts.

...Joe...

[demento57]

Re: Jungle Cruise Possibly Revamped?

Yes, Jack will be added to the village scene. LOL

[Quacky4Donald]

Re: Jungle Cruise Possibly Revamped?

Yes, Jack will be added to the village scene. LOL

LMAO, oh yes! And I'll bet you anything that Orlando Bloom's character will be the one running up the pole away from the rhino! TeeHee!

[pineapplewhipaddict]

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I think that really depends on how the movie does...but from the synopsis I've read on the movie, I don't really see how elements from the movie could possibly be incorporated into the ride. But we'll see

The movie is supposed to be about this group of explorers that get lost in the jungle and a member of their party gets sick, so they have to find an antidote (at least that's what I remember reading).

[Dustysage]

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The ride just got a few new effects and a big overhaul just before the 50th celebration. But if a movie based upon the attraction is a big hit, you never know what they might be persuaded to do.

[Quacky4Donald]

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I think that really depends on how the movie does...but from the synopsis I've read on the movie, I don't really see how elements from the movie could possibly be incorporated into the ride. But we'll see

Care to send me a link of the synopsis? I only heard of the possibility of one being made, not the plot.

...Joe...

[pineapplewhipaddict]

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Care to send me a link of the synopsis? I only heard of the possibility of one being made, not the plot.

...Joe...

Hmm, this was not from the original place that I read it, but here...
http://www.comingsoon.net/news.php?id=7572

Mandeville's David Hoberman describes Jungle Cruise as "an adventure film with comedic elements, but its core is almost a family version of Joseph Conrad's 'Heart of Darkness,' about a group that travels upriver, in search of a significant cure." Josh Goldstein and John Norville (Tin Cup) will write the script.

If I locate where I read the original synopsis, I will update.

[J Thaddeus Toad Esq]

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Hmm, this was not from the original place that I read it, but here...
http://www.comingsoon.net/news.php?id=7572


If I locate where I read the original synopsis, I will update.

There is going to be a movie based on the Jungle cruise? I thought the ride was already based on a movie (though loosely) “The African Queen”.

[demento57]

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Why do I have a strange, strange feeling that Dane Cook is going to be in this movie?

[MasterGracey]

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Wouldn't a better term for it to be that the ride is "inspired-by" The African Queen, rather than "based-on" ?

[penguinsoda]

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Yeah.... they are going to add a loop to the ride.







Oh come on.... you know sooner or later SOMEONE was gonna say it....

[figment1986]

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The movie is supposed to be about this group of explorers that get lost in the jungle and a member of their party gets sick, so they have to find an antidote (at least that's what I remember reading).

bad jokes? no bad jokes? darn you writers!!!

The ride just got a few new effects and a big overhaul just before the 50th celebration. But if a movie based upon the attraction is a big hit, you never know what they might be persuaded to do.

yea, and WDW is borroing them... I wish!

Yeah.... they are going to add a loop to the ride.

Stop beating me to it... oh well.. you forgot:

"They are adding a LIM launch, with a corkscrew and a batwing..."

and

"They are building a store at the exit, and a refershment stand at the entrance"

[Janie]

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Just the idea of a "comedy version of Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness" is suspect.

I mean next we'll hear about a Jerry Lewis adaptation of Apocalypse Now.

Kurtz (played by George Wendt): Are you an assassin?
Willard (played by Jerry Lewis): I'm a soldier.
Kurtz: You're neither. You're an errand boy, sent by grocery clerks....to collect a bill.
Willard: Heyyy, LAYYYYDEEEE! I WAS ALREADY IN DAT PICTCHA! THE ERRAND BOY - YOU REMEMBAH?!?!

[Loomis]

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Well, movie or not, Disney certainly has some new technology that they may want to install.

The Hong Kong Jungle River Cruise, just over a year old, they've employed new '3D' sound effects, brand spanking new animatronics and a few other neat surprises (such as the 'fire and water' ending). Disneyland and WDW may not necessarily want to do the exact same thing as HKDL, but there is certainly new technologies they could employ to update some of the slightly dated-looking animatronics that currently occupy the ride.

[Asterix]

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And in turn a movie is based on the ride.

To make an analogy -- observe the employee cafeteria, the Inn Between, during the 80s. On Sundays you would have "Chicken With Sauce" on the menu. On Mondays they would take the leftovers from that, break them down a little and make "crispy chicken" (breading was stale chips/Doritos that they weren't going to sell in the park). Then they would break down the leftovers from that, and on Tuesday, Chicken Casserole. Pulverize what is left of that and on Wednesday you have the filling for Stuffed Bell Peppers. Finally it gets broken down more and more, and by Sunday you have the Sauce for Chicken With Sauce, and the cycle starts all over again. In theory, there may be food particles in there from five years prior. There is a history there and it's very interesting, but not really appetizing if you think about it.

And that's how I feel about movies based on rides based on movies. This "black hole" method of creativity, as it was once called, eventually leads to the end of the universe as we know it. (See: Haunted Mansion)

Anyway there already is a Jungle Cruise Movie, it was made by DL cast members 20+ years ago, and I'm certain it's far more entertaining than anything the studio is going to put out.

[frecky]

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Why do I have a strange, strange feeling that Dane Cook is going to be in this movie?

As much as I like him, please no.

[Wotan]

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[Cynicism]. The Jungle Cruise is going to be rethemed with Pirates, which will fit in well with the revamped "Indiana Jones and the Lost Pirate Cave" attraction, the Pirates Tree House, the Haunted Pirate Mansion, and Big Pirate Mountain Railroad. It'll all come under the new moniker for the west side of the park, "Pirate Synergy Land". [/Cynicism]

I'd think if they were going to emulate the African Queen, we'd at least be able to see a couple of cases of gin.

[barfownz]

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They will possibly put movie props or characters from the movie into the ride after the movie comes out just like they did with Pirates.

[ni_teach]

Re: Jungle Cruise Possibly Revamped?

[Cynicism]. The Jungle Cruise is going to be rethemed with Pirates, which will fit in well with the revamped "Indiana Jones and the Lost Pirate Cave" attraction, the Pirates Tree House, the Haunted Pirate Mansion, and Big Pirate Mountain Railroad. It'll all come under the new moniker for the west side of the park, "Pirate Synergy Land". [/Cynicism]

I'd think if they were going to emulate the African Queen, we'd at least be able to see a couple of cases of gin.

I think that they should re-title the ride "Pirates of the Jungle Cruise". :lol:

[~xxBooxx~]

Re: Jungle Cruise Possibly Revamped?

With the news that a movie based on the Jungle Cruise is in the works do you guys think that Disneyland may go back in and revamp the ride like they did with POTC? Of course this all depends on how well the movie does, but just wanted to get everybody's thoughts.

...Joe...

Most likey. :thumbup: